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H, A..-SIEVEIIT.

SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.12. 1917.

'Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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HERMAN A, SIEVEBT, V0F THE NITED STATES .AB/MY'.

SADDLE.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.' Y v Be it known that I, HERMAN A. SInvnR'r, of the United States Army, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to saddles, and

relates particularly to the type of saddle shown and described in my Patent No. 1,069,822, dated August 12, 1913; and this invention further relates to certain improvements upon the device shown in said patent, and generally relates to improvements in saddles of that general character.

It is an object of this invention to provide a saddle of simple and eective construction, with certain adjustments, as will be hereinafter explained, for adapting and adjusting the saddle to the back of an animal and for adjusting the saddle to the needs and requirements of dierent riders. It is an object of this invent-ion to rovide a saddle which will automatically adiust itself to the form and contour of the animals back, under conditions of motion or rest; it is also an object to provide means for adjusting the effective length of the saddle (the distance between the pommel and cantle) to suit dierent riders; and it is also further an object to provide, in a saddle of the character described, various ,improvements to make a complete, eiiicient, simple, easy riding and sightly saddle. f f

I will explain a preferred form of saddle in the following specification, and, for the purpose of said specification I illustrate the same in the accompanying drawings in which, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved saddle; Fig. 2 is a prespective thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken as indicated by line 3-3 on Fig. 1; Fig; 4 is an enlarged back view of the saddle; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sect-ion taken as indicated by line 5 5 on Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken as indicated by line 6-6 on Fig. 3.

In the drawings I illustrate my saddle las being composed of four main; members; these being two side bars 10, a pommel arch 11 and a cantle archY 12. The side bars 10 are constructed so as to afford a seat 13 between the pommel arch 1l and the cantle l. These side bars10 are padded as shown at 15, and are preferably hollow and made of pressed or otherwise. formed. metal 16 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, V1919.

Application led November 12, 1917. Serial No. 201,653.

rcovered smoothly, and preferably entirely,

with leather or other suitable covering, as shown at 17. The side bars are shaped so as to collectively yform the main body of the saddle; and are properly formed to fit upon the back of an animal on opposite sides of the spine, a small space being left at 19 o-ver the animals spine between the two side bars.

The pads extend rearwardly,as shown at 15a, rearward of the cantle 14C; and double flaps 21 and22 are provided. These flaps may be integral continuations of the leather coverings on thev upper and under sides of the side bars; and the cinch 23 enters 'between the flaps, as clearly illustrated in jig. 2.

The interconnection between the two side bars 10 is preferably entirely pivotal; and effected through the medium of the pommel arch and the cantle arch 12. At the cantle (as elsewhere where the saddle is padded) the interior of the saddle is hollow. The cantle arch 12 is made of a steel or other suitable rod bent preferably to the configuration shown, and having its two ends 12al bent rearwardly and passing through the rear vertical wall 25 of the cantle; nuts 26 being placed on the ends 12a to secure them in place. The points where the ends 12a are thus pivotally connected to the cantle are preferably somewhat laterally removed from the central longitudinal vertical plane of the saddle and from the inner edges 'of the side bars; so that each side bar, at its cantle, has a relative pivotal movement about a point somewhatremoved from its inner edge. This aids materially in allowing the automatic adjustment and adaptation of the side bars to the animals back. lVhere this arch passes through. the inner wall 27, of eachv side bar, an opening 28 is provided large enough to allow all the rela-V tive movements of adjustment or adaptation. And this opening allows the cantle arch to be readily removed when the knuts 26 are removed. It may be said that itis an object of myinvention and a feature of my saddle to be collapsible so as to be easf the configuration shown at 30, and covered interiorly and exteriorly by leather or other covering 31. This arch is formed hollow underneath; and its configuration is such as to give great strength with extremely lightweight. The arch is ribbed longitudinally, as shown at 45 so as to increase its strength and Vstiffness and has edge flange-s, as indicated at 33 which Vfurthe-r strengthen it. |The arch surmounts the two side bars and is pivotally connected with the two side bars at the pivots 32, at its opposite lower ends; sufhcient space being provided within and under the archto allow the side bars the necessary movement for accommodation to the animals back. The pivotal points for the pommel arch are, like those for the cantle arch, removed somewhat from the inner edges of the side bars; and may preferably be removed somewhat farther than are the cantle arch pivots; and the pominel pivots may be on lines Which, eX- tended, would pass through the cantle arch pivots. I have shown one of the pivotal connections in detail in Fig. G. The pivot pin 32 passes through the front flange 33 of the arch and also through two ears 34 which project inwardly into the interior of the arch, being connected solidly to the metal body 30 of the arch. I provide a series of lugs 35, projecting from the side bar l0 g and the pivot pin 32 also passes through these lugs 35. The forward end of the pivot pin is bent back upon itself as indicated at 32a and the bent back end is split and slightly spread as shown at 32h. This bent back end is passed through an opening 30n in the front flange 33 of the pommel arch; and the eX- panded end at 32b prevents the pin from working out, although it may be readily withdrawn by force. This bent back end also gives the pin a double bearing in the thin sheet metal of the arch. A

An important feature of my saddle is the longitudinal adjustability of rthe pommel arch. It will be noted that the lugs 35 and the ears 34 are so spaced that the arch may be moved forwardly from the position shown in Fig. 6. For instance, the ears 34 may be moved into the spaces next forward of those in which they are illustrated in Fig. 6; and then they may be again moved another step forward, when the front ear 34 will be ahead of the front lug 35 and the rear ear 34 will be where the front ear 34 is shown in Fig. 6. By having a larger number of ears and lugs, and b v'making the spaces between them suitable, the amount of adjustment of the pommel arch may bevmade' as much as desired. Adjusting the pommel arch has the effect of changing the effective length of the saddle; thus suiting the-length of the saddle and the position of the pommel to the necessity or t-he fancy of the rider.

The stirrups 40 are hung from the pommel arch, being hung on straps 41 which are atstiffen and` tached to the poinmel arch at 42 near its rear edge and near its outer lower ends. Adjustment of the pommel arch longitudinally thus also causes adjustment of the stirrups longitudinally. The stirrups may also be longitudinally adjustable on the pommel arch by providing a plurality of strap openings 42 spacedas shown o n the drawings.

F rom the foregoing description., the nature of my invention may be understood. I have proceeded to describe a preferred form of my saddle with some degree of particularity and detail so that my invention may be fully and thoroughly understood; but I do not thereby limit myself to such particulars and details, but reserve to myself the right to make variations and changes as within the scope of the following claims.

This applica-tion is companion to my copending application Serial No. 202,746, filed Nov. 19, 1917, on saddle. In said co-pending application I illustrate and describe, in addition to the constructions herein illustrated and described, certain additional and modified forms of construction and these, so far as relation to this application are concerned, consist principally in modified form of side bar construction and of the cantle pivotal connection. Claims which are generic to both applications are contained in said co-pending` application; while this application contains only claims which are peculiar to the construction herein shown.

Having described a preferred form of my invention, I claim:

l. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on the side bars.

2. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotallyconnected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on the side bars, and sti rrups supported from said pommel arch to be longitudinally adj ust-able therewith.`

3. A device of the-character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pon-imei arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle' arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on the side ba-rs, stirrups supported from said pommel arch to be longitudinally adjustable therewith, and said stirrups being longitudinally adjustable on said pominel arch..y

4. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on the side bars, said side bars being formed of pressed sheet metal and being hollow.

5. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in po` sition on the side bars, said cantle arch comprising an arched rod having its two ends bent rearwardly and pivotally connected by its rearwardly bent ends to the two side bars.

6. In a device of the character described, a hollow saddle body having hollow side portions formed of metal, the metal being arranged and constructed to form pads adapted to bear upon an animals back andr to form seat pads for the rider.

7. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected lat each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on side bars, said pommel arch being made of pressed sheet metal ribbed lengthwise of the arch.

8. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on side bars, the pivotalrconnections between the ends of the pommel arch and the side bars embodying projections on the side bars and arch adapted to be selectively interengaged, and a pivot pin passing through said projections.

9. A device of the character described, comprising in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, a cantle arch pivotally connected at each end with the side bars, said pommel arch being longitudinally adjustable in position on side bars, the pivot-al connections between the ends of the pommel arch and the side bars embodying projections on the side bars and arch adapted to be adjustably interengaged, and a pivot pin passing Copies of this ypatent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

through said projections, said pivot pin embodying a straight longitudinal portion passing through said projections and through the arch, and having a bent back portion which is split and expanded and passes again through the arch. Y

10. A device of the character described, embodying in combination a pair of side bars spaced ntransversely apart and adapted to bear upon an animals back on opposite sides of the center, said bars having under surfaces conformed and adapted to bear upon the animal and having upper surfaces conformed to provide seating surfaces for the rider, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, and a cantle arch over the side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, the pivotal connections of the pommel arch being on axes which pass through the cantle pivots.

11. A device of the character described, embodying in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end with said side bars, and a cantle arch between side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, the cantle pivots being higher than the pommel pivots so that the side bars swing around pivots higher at their cantle end than at their pommel end.

12. A device of the character described, embodying in Vcombination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, and a cantle arch between the side bars and pivot-ally connected at each end therewith, the cantle pivots being higher than the pommel pivots so that the side bars swing around pivots higher a-t their cantle end than at their pommel end, and the pommel pivots being on axes inclining rearwardly upwardly toward the cantle pivots.

13. A device of the character described, embodying in combination a pair of side bars, a pommel arch over said side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, a cantle arch between the side bars and pivotally connected at each end therewith, the cantle pivots being higher than the pommel pivots so that the side bars swing around pivots higher at their cantle end than at their pommel end, and said cantle pivots being closer together and closer to a central line between the side bars than are the poinmel pivots.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of October 1917.

I-I. A. SIEVERT.

Witness V. E. PRICHARD.

Washington, D. C. 

